One word dominated last week’s news; Ukraine wants more, the Germans don’t want to hand theirs over, Jacinda Ardern’s is empty, but Nicola Sturgeon says there is plenty left in hers. © Nicola Sturgeon's political energy may be further depleted if she has to backtrack on her plan to ha... There’s been plenty wishful thinking from unionists, but each time the First Minster has appeared under threat, tired or tetchy, she has stiffened her resolve and remained relatively unscathed. “I meant that there are reasons why you can do some things at 16 and not others” cuts both ways, and the public knows it. The next call on her fuel supply will be backtracking on her “de facto referendum” plan at the special SNP meeting in March, but she’s made a career from running on fumes.
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